With three kids playing soccer this fall we decided to pass on our usual season passes for Stanford Football. Our Saturdays were devoted to watching Wyatt, Clare and Adell play soccer. To quote Will: "I'd rather watch our own children play sports than watch someone else's children." Also, with only one soccer player last year we were only able to make it to a few Stanford games.
We did check the schedule and find the one night/weekday game and bought tickets for that game. So, our one and only Stanford football game was last week. Stanford vs. UCLA.
Stanford won...because we were there. We had a great time.
The other one and only that happened last week was a field trip for Adell. I never, ever, ever go on field trips with my kids. My biggest reason is it is hard to figure out what to do with all the other little kids I have at home. Also, I hate riding on a school bus. I rode a bus to and from school every day of my school-aged life. I've thrown up on school buses...on field trips. It is not cool. I do not need to barf on a school bus as an adult.
Alas, my refusal to chaperone field trips makes my children very sad. I've not been able to be in Adell's classroom (like I was with the older kids) so to make it up to her...I went on a field trip.
I rode on the bus (no puking). I watched other people's children run all over the place. I carried four pumpkins around. I chaperoned like crazy.
Field trip accomplished.
I am probably never going to do that again.
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